One of the first to go was Age editor-in-chief Andrew Jaspan (pictured) who, after taking over four years ago, moved the paper further to the left.

The staff are warning that the move will jeopardise the quality (sic) of the organisation’s editorial output. This means we will have to contend with a lower grade of left wing journalism.

Of course, they could pool their payouts and start a real workers’ collective, a print version of the ABC, and maybe resurrect the Bulletin, or those short-lived titles The Eye and The Republican. This would take guts, unless, of course, they could rekindle the interest of the ALP in a taxpayer-funded national newspaper. Rudd may need all the help he can get in 2009 or 2010.

Short of that, the Australian Conservative has come up with a list of possibilities. We don’t know if there’s anything going at these organisations but, hey, it’s worth sending in a resume and having a shot. We’re simply glad to help.

About half way through last night’s edition of ABC1’s normally feisty Q&A, this tweet appeared: “Great diversity of opinion expressed politely tonight…”. A tweet earlier in the program might explain why.

Right-of-centre views were well represented on Monday night’s edition of ABC1’s Q&A panel program. It recalled the 11 Feb. edition of the program last year when George Brandis and James Paterson had a very good time at the expense of the lefties.

Chris Kenny, Australian columnist-blogger and host of Viewpoint and Friday Live on Sky News Australia, recalls his experiece with the ABC for the “Diary” column in this week’s edition of The Spectator Australia.

Last Saturday, in their special election morning edition of ABC’s News Breakfast, Michael Rowland and Virginia Trioli took a look at “the great campaign moments this year” and announced awards for campaign winner and loser.